1776/07/30

Fisher, Hendrick, 1697-1779

Document signed

Title: [Receipt for sixty pounds and six shillings]

Received from John Dumis. Fisher receives the money "as a Commissioner" from New Jersey and promises "to account to the Congress for the same."

GLC02503.09

1801/10/09

Gadsden, Christopher, 1724-1805

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Leroy, Bayard & McEvers

Sends a bill of lading for his friend, Henry Middleton. Gadsden had been a member of the Stamp Act Congress.

GLC02503.10

1759/11/15

Lispenard, Leonard, 1716-1790

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for 501 pounds from Charles Williams and Thomas Jones]

Money received from the late Joseph Munay, by order of his will.

GLC02503.11

1764/04/12

Livingston, Robert R., 1718-1775

Autograph document signed

Title: [The Petition of Michael Theyser of the City of New York, Innkeeper]

Deposition accusing Joseph Northrop and several others of an assault on Theyser while attempting to unlawfully search his inn for a runaway (possibly an enslaved person).

GLC02503.12

1775/04/26

Document signed

Title: [South Carolina 50 pound note also signed by Henry Middleton]

Signed by Thomas Lynch, Sr., Henry Middleton, and two others, B. Nuger and one other (illegible). Number 170. Lynch had been a member of the Stamp Act Congress.

GLC02503.13

1754 ca.

Murrdock, William, fl. 1754

Signature

Title: [Signature of William Murrdock]

Clipped signature.

GLC02503.14

1766/06/18

Ogden, Robert, 1716-1787

Autograph document signed

Title: [Writ for seizure of goods]

An order to seize the property of Joseph Budd of Newark, New Jersey, pursuant to a judgment against him in favor of Charles Gilliam and Joseph Headley. Authorized by Judge Ogden, who had served in the Stamp Act Congress the previous year. A note on the verso indicates what was seized and when the writ was recorded at the secretary's office in Perth Amboy, New Jersey.

GLC02503.15

1783/04/04

Otis, James, 1725-1783

Autograph document signed

Title: [Receipt for ten shillings]

Received from the treasury of Massachusetts for an unspecified reason.

GLC02503.16

1754/04/20

Partridge, Oliver, 1712-1792

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certification of the attendance of Thomas Hubbard, Speaker of the House]

Signed as clerk.

GLC02503.17

1770/04/07

Ringgold, Thomas, 1715-1772

Autograph document signed

Title: to the Commissioners

Recommends support for William Ruth's application for a loan of $1000 to be held in Robert Walters' security. Cites their land holdings as reason to support the loan.

GLC02503.18

1763/03/15

Rowland, David S. (David Sherman), 1719-1794

Document signed

Title: [Arbitration in the case of defamation between Micah Perry and Solomon Sturgis]

Also signed by John Read and David Allen, as co-arbitrators. Awards a judgment of fifteen pounds to the petitioners.

GLC02503.19

1756/10/11

Ruggles, Timothy, 1711-1795

Autograph document signed

Title: [Certification that Cornelius Vander Barrak delivered medical supplies]

The supplies were for "the sick and well People of Col. Thatcher & Colonel Ruggles's Regiment" during the Seven Years' War.

GLC02503.20

1783/01/09

Tilghman, Edward, 1713-1786

Document signed

Title: [Contract for wheat]

Also signed by Andrew Wallace. Stipulates that Tilghman will deliver five hundred bushels of wheat to Wallace and outlines the details of the transaction.

GLC02503.21

1761/03/10

Ward, Henry, 1732-1797

Autograph document signed

Title: to Thomas Richardson

Relays order by the Rhode Island general assembly to pay Henry Paget fifteen pounds out of the general treasury. Signed as secretary and as a witness to the order.

GLC02503.22

1897/03/22

Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Mr. Warner re: contribution to Bimetallic Union

Written on personal stationery. Concerns splitting royalties to benefit the Union.

GLC02504.04

1827/06/11

Everett, Edward, 1794-1865

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Messrs. Gales & Seaton re: a speech

Asking Gales & Seaton to include his speech. With a postscript on page 2.

GLC02504.15

1848/12/02

Fish, Hamilton, 1808-1893

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Millard Fillmore re: information on state prisons

GLC02504.16

1842/05/11

Frelinghuysen, Theodore, fl. 1842

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Alexander M. Carter (et al.) re: declining a speaking invitation

GLC02504.18

1814/03/08

McArthur, Duncan, 1772-1839

Letter signed

Title: to John Armstrong

Writes to Secretary of War Armstrong to inform him that since he has not received orders and has finished as a witness in the trial of General William Hull, he will travel to Ohio. McArthur was then a brigadier general. Hull had bloodlessly surrendered Fort Detroit in August, 1812, during the War of 1812, and was charged with cowardice and treason.

GLC02504.30

1813/12/24

Cass, Lewis, 1782-1866

Autograph letter signed

Title: to "Jesse Hunt or Samuel Huntington"

Brigadier General Cass authorizes the payment of a military account owed to Lieutenant Meek of the 7th infantry regiment. Colonel Huntington was a district paymaster and had been governor of Ohio. Cass would later become governor of Michigan.

GLC02505.06

1808/10/08

Claiborne, William Charles Cole, 1775-1817

Autograph letter signed

Title: to David Porter

Informs Commodore Porter that he cannot leave his present post to "cross the Lakes with Lieutenant Morrell." Claiborne was governor of the Territory of Orleans from 1804-1812.

GLC02505.07

1815/09/01

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

Document signed

Title: Certified copy of bond agreement between Calder and Tobias Lear

Lear's agreement to the bond mentioned in GLC 2794.168. Countersigned by W.S. Nicholls.

GLC02794.168

1815/09/01

Calder, James, fl. 1815

Document signed

Title: Certified copy of bond agreement between Calder and Tobias Lear

Marked "Copy" on p. 1. This is Calder's agreement to the bond mentioned in GLC 2794.169. Notation on verso: "Certified Copy," and in a different hand: "Delivered original to Mr. Calder & Recd from him a Deed dated 31 Decr. 1817."

GLC02794.169

1861/08/14

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Document signed

Title: Appointment of Stephen Decatur, Jr. as commander on the Naval Reserve List

Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions. Signed as U.S. Secretary of the Navy.

GLC02794.170

1867/04/04

Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878

Document signed

Title: Appointment of Stephen Decatur, Jr. as captain on the Naval Reserve List

Partially printed manuscript with handwritten insertions.

GLC02794.171